The top Federal intelligence community and cybersecurity agencies this week issued a new software supply chain developers guide, and said they “strongly encourage” government agencies and software providers alike to follow the guidelines in order to improve security of the software supply chain. […]
The Treasury Department has appointed Christopher Adams as the agency’s chief information security officer (CISO), according to Adams’ LinkedIn page. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on August 30 announced $105 million of grant funding to five Tribal communities in Arizona to expand the availability of broadband services. […]
Quantum computing technology – still in its early infancy now but expected to change the landscape of computing forever once it matures over the next decade or more – is posing core questions that Federal government experts are trying to work through now to make the eventual transition manageable and effective. […]
Government and private sector experts offered different and sometimes conflicting views on how quickly to implement new applications and vendors into fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications supply chains during an August 30 event organized by ATARC and the Federal Mobility Group (FMG) Community of Practice chartered by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council. […]
Scott Davis has been promoted to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to a CBP spokesperson. […]
While the term “cybersecurity is a team sport” has long been used to reiterate the importance of collaboration within and between agencies on matters of network protection, a senior California state official is pointing to how Federal, state, and academic entities in California are putting this mantra into action. […]
President Biden said on August 31 that he plans to make 26 appointments to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), which advises the White House on ways to reduce physical and cyber risks and improve the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure sectors. The NIAC – established in 2001 – has advised […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) awarded $70 million in funding to seven research projects that will assist in the continued development of a supercomputer model of Earth’s climate system, according to an Aug. 30 press release. […]
Seven Federal agencies have provided hundreds of millions of dollars to 22 different Tribal development programs over a recent four-year period, but have failed to analyze and report on the degree to which that support has helped Tribal communities, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report published on Aug. 30. […]
The future of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in government remains a developing work in progress, but for evidence of the technology’s rapid development and staying power, it might just be enough to order some fast-food takeout. […]
A General Services Administration (GSA) official emphasized the importance of ethics, literacy, and culture in the government data science arena during an August 30 event organized by GovLoop. Trey Bradley, GSA’s Strategic Data Initiatives Program Director in the Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement, was one of the key players in developing the Federal […]
The Indian Health Service (IHS) has awarded an $89 million contract to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) for software engineering support services. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has appointed Timothy Amerson deputy associate commissioner and deputy chief information security officer (CISO) for the agency’s office of Information security, Amerson announced via his LinkedIn page. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has named Faith Roy to a dual role as the deputy chief information security officer (CISO), as well as the executive director for cybersecurity integrations, logistics, and planning in the Office of Information Security, a VA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has failed to implement key practices and appropriate controls to manage its agile software development projects, the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a new report. […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Aug. 30 that the agency is soliciting input on its plans to provide $2.5 billion of grant money for electric grid resilience, and $3 billion in grant funding for electric power “smart grid” projects. […]
Amid evolving workplace changes following the worst portion of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts from the General Services Administration (GSA) are encouraging Federal agency leaders to ensure that future workplace change decisions be grounded in agency missions. […]
Since its establishment in 2021, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has been rapidly staffing up toward its planned workforce of about 75 full-time positions as the end of Fiscal Year 2022 nears. […]
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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Chair of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent letters to four Federal agencies and five digital asset exchanges on August 30 to gather information on actions they’re taking to combat cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams. […]
The United States Air Force (USAF) has released a draft version of its Chief Information Officer (CIO) Public Strategy that outlines the service branch’s IT priorities through fiscal years 2023 to 2028. […]
President Biden confirmed his intention today to give Federal civilian employees a 4.6 percent pay raise next year – making it the largest Federal pay raise in 20 years. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to implement a zero trust architecture across the entire department by 2027, and will soon release a detailed strategy on how it will get there, a DoD spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has released a new strategy to improve the state of the agency’s data integration and utilization, information technology, and network capabilities. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has appointed Mike Madsen to serve as acting director starting Sept. 2, when current DIU Director Mike Brown departs, a DIU spokesperson told MeriTalk. Madsen will remain as acting director until a permanent director is selected. […]
The Department of Defense said on August 30 that technology services provider CACI has won a $5.71 billion blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Air Force to provide enterprise IT services under the Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaas) Wave 1 contract. […]
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking the public’s perspective in a formal review of the government’s standards for collecting race and ethnicity data, according to a blog written by Chief Statistician, Karin Orvis, and released by the White House on Aug. 30. […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans on plowing ahead in the coming years with ongoing initiatives to migrate to cloud-based platforms and improve cybersecurity, according to its just-released Strategic Plan Report for Fiscal Years 2022-2026. […]
Fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies will bring scale and speed to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) healthcare operations, but one VA official today said the focus must shift to closing the digital divide for veterans in rural communities – in parallel to the advanced 5G work. […]